TRC Main Set – Individual Medley Speed Set

TRC Main Set – Individual Medley Speed Set

Every swimmer should be seeking opportunities to swim fast in practice. Fast/high intensity training in practice is one of the primary building blocks of a well executed race. This week’s main set aims to help IMer’s push themselves to high intensities while still giving enough rest to execute each & every swim with INTENTION. You’ll start each round with 3 x 200 IM’s – descending the effort so that the 3rd is as fast as you can go. Aim to execute your 200 IM breathing patterns, stroke rates, & race strategy as you plan to at the end of the season. Next, you’ll do 4 x 75 FAST. These will be IM order by round, so on round 1 – all 4 are butterfly… round 2 is all backstroke… round 3 – breaststroke… & round 4 is all freestyle. For the butterfly, set your tempo trainer to 48 & breath every stroke or follow the 2 up/1 down breathing pattern. For backstroke, set the tempo trainer to 90 & focus on hitting your underwater dolphin kick counts & maintaining a good position. For breaststroke, set the tempo trainer to 46 & practice skipping the pullouts (doing 1 dolphin kick & then breaking out). For freestyle, set the tempo trainer to 90 & try to maintain a medium octane technique breathing every other stroke to your strong side. After you’ve finished the 75’s all that’s left is some fast 25s with fins. The odd’s will always be underwater dolphin kick & the evens will be the stroke (by round) you did on the 75s. EVERY SINGLE 25 is as fast as you can go (no breath on butterfly & freestyle). You’ll do dolphin kick breaststroke on the breaststroke round since you’ll be wearing fins. Choose the appropriate interval for you on the 200 IM’s that gives you at least 20 seconds of rest between efforts.

4 Rounds

Swim 3 x 200 IM – Descend 1-3 to FAST @ 2:45/3:15/3:45

Swim 4 x 75 Stroke (by ROUND) with tempo trainer – ALL FAST @ 2:00

Kick/Swim 8 x 25 with fins odds: underwater dolphin kick FAST, evens: Stroke (by ROUND) FAST @ :45

Kick/Swim 100 easy backstroke – alternate kick/swim by 25 @ 3:00

Have fun!

Coach Nolan

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